| |  | |  The Global Fund marks 10 years Luminaries from the political, philanthropic and pop culture worlds have lined up in support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to mark the end of the organization's first decade of work, during which it has helped treat millions of people and helped save millions of lives. A video features interviews with founders and advocates of the fund, including Bono and Bill Gates. YouTube (1/25)     
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|  | "In President Barack Obama's third State of the Union address, foreign policy predictably took a backseat to the President's domestic proposals. It is, after all, an election year, and aside from the wonks that read blogs like this one, there are few votes in foreign policy. In total, only about one-tenth of the President's 7000-word speech were explicitly devoted to foreign affairs." UN Dispatch | |
- Ban is heading to the Middle East
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to the Middle East next week in a bid to bring Israelis and Palestinians officially back to the negotiating table after preparatory meetings this month between representatives from both sides showed some promise. Direct talks between the two sides stalled in September 2010 over Israeli settlement activity. The Times of India/The Associated Press (1/26) - Gates: Protect heath programs from economic crisis
The continuing global economic woes pose a danger to aid and health programs that face budget cuts and decreased donor activity, Bill Gates says. The Microsoft founder is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he will urge governments and donors to maintain their support for health programs related to a variety of concerns such as malaria, maternal health and HIV/AIDS. The Wall Street Journal (1/25), Bloomberg (1/25) - Somalia humanitarian situation remains dire
Corruption, sexual assault and lack of access to services plague tens of thousands of internally displaced Somalis who have sought refuge in camps in and around the capital Mogadishu. United Nations and aid officials on the ground say Somalia will remain the world's largest humanitarian crisis throughout 2012. AlertNet (1/26), Voice of America (1/26) - Aid groups look to businesses for disaster solutions
Aid agencies are increasingly leaning upon businesses as sources of expertise, and cash, to improve responses to disasters such as famine, floods and earthquakes. Corporate-sector funding has risen from $3.7 million in 2006 to $32 million in 2011 for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, alone. Reuters (1/26) - Breast cancer awareness is still lagging
Despite the efforts of global health community to draw attention to and raise awareness of chronic noncommunicable disease, breast cancer remains widely misunderstood and under-diagnosed in developing countries. Health care professionals diagnose more than 1 million cases annually, and the disease claims about a half-million lives each year. IRINNews.org (1/26) - Will new land-use rules threaten the Amazon?
The considerable gains made by Brazil in reducing deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly seen as at risk of reversal under President Dilma Rousseff, whose government has negotiated a bill seeking to overhaul the 47-year-old Forest Code, the latest in a series of measures that empower the president to cut land already marked for preservation, grant more flexibility for large infrastructure projects and give Congress veto power over designation of indigenous territories. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/24) - Yemen's Saleh departs amid growing insurgency
 After 33 years in power, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left Yemen in political turmoil amid signs that Islamist groups linked to al-Qaida are growing in influence. Saleh, who plans to undergo medical treatment in the U.S., is slated to be formally stripped of his title next month. The Wall Street Journal (1/26), BBC (1/24) - Wirth applauds the Global Fund
United Nations Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth issued the following statement on the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: "A decade ago the United Nations General Assembly created the Global Fund. A bold, unprecedented roadmap that brings people living with the disease, implementing countries, donor governments, private sector organizations, and community groups together to build effective partnerships to solve some of the most complex global health challenges." Read the full statement on the UN Foundation website.  | - How Rotary International leads on polio
The reduction in the number of people infected with polio across the globe -- from 350,000 in 1988 to 650 in 2011 -- can be attributed, in large part, to the efforts of Rotary International, the businessmen's club and global service organization. A pilot study in 1985 in the Philippines led to the club's efforts to vaccinate every child under five who is at risk of the virus, a plan for which it has raised some $800 million. The Economist (1/21) | |  | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Africa Program Specialist | METI Inc., contractor for the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs | Washington D.C., DC | | Program Director - Sustainable and Thriving Environments for West Africa Regional Development | METI Inc, contractor for the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs | Freetown, Sierra Leone | | Program Officer, Adolescent Girls | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Senior Associate, Planning and Learning | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Administrative Assistant, shot@life | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Health Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages (HEAL) | Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY, NY | | Communications Officer, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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